Vista - Saving Favorites in IE7

Hi All

When I bought my new Dell Dimension 9200 with Vista home installed on it, it
also came with I.E.7. My question is this: It appears that the ONLY way one
can save "favorites" is to the general "Favorites" folder. You then have to
open Windows Explorer and manually move the saved favorites to any folder
you've made.

Anyone found this problem but me? And if so, has anyone found a solution to
it? I wrote MS when i first noticed this about 4 months ago, and received an
acknowledgement of receipt and a message saying it would be passed on to the
Vista team, but have never heard anything else since.

Thanks for any help you can give.

KiwiNth
--
The older I get, the better I was.

Why use IE7?

"KiwiNth" <Im@my.wits.end> wrote in message
news:F18B3E15-4E8F-46BD-A20C-A59E76B9DC20@microsoft.com...
> Hi All
>
> When I bought my new Dell Dimension 9200 with Vista home installed on it,
> it
> also came with I.E.7. My question is this: It appears that the ONLY way
> one
> can save "favorites" is to the general "Favorites" folder. You then have
> to
> open Windows Explorer and manually move the saved favorites to any folder
> you've made.
>
> Anyone found this problem but me? And if so, has anyone found a solution
> to
> it? I wrote MS when i first noticed this about 4 months ago, and received
> an
> acknowledgement of receipt and a message saying it would be passed on to
> the
> Vista team, but have never heard anything else since.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
> KiwiNth
> --
> The older I get, the better I was.

"KiwiNth" <Im@my.wits.end> wrote in message
news:F18B3E15-4E8F-46BD-A20C-A59E76B9DC20@microsoft.com...
> Hi All
>
> When I bought my new Dell Dimension 9200 with Vista home installed on
> it, it
> also came with I.E.7. My question is this: It appears that the ONLY
> way one
> can save "favorites" is to the general "Favorites" folder. You then
> have to
> open Windows Explorer and manually move the saved favorites to any
> folder
> you've made.
>
> Anyone found this problem but me? And if so, has anyone found a
> solution to
> it? I wrote MS when i first noticed this about 4 months ago, and
> received an
> acknowledgement of receipt and a message saying it would be passed on
> to the
> Vista team, but have never heard anything else since.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
> KiwiNth

Are you saying that you have no 'Create in' drop-down box on the 'Add a
favourite' panel ?

Tom

When you have IE 7 open there is a star on the upper left side a little ways
down from the top. That's the favorites and to save the favorites you click
on the icon next to it, it has the start with a gree + on it. Unless I
misunderstood you, that is how I save favorites on mine. Also when you click
on the favorites button the top of the drop down has three choices,
Favorites, feeds and history. Make sure you have favorites clicked.

"KiwiNth" wrote:

> Hi All
>
> When I bought my new Dell Dimension 9200 with Vista home installed on it, it
> also came with I.E.7. My question is this: It appears that the ONLY way one
> can save "favorites" is to the general "Favorites" folder. You then have to
> open Windows Explorer and manually move the saved favorites to any folder
> you've made.
>
> Anyone found this problem but me? And if so, has anyone found a solution to
> it? I wrote MS when i first noticed this about 4 months ago, and received an
> acknowledgement of receipt and a message saying it would be passed on to the
> Vista team, but have never heard anything else since.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
> KiwiNth
> --
> The older I get, the better I was.

Wow I should spell check before I send stuff LOL I meant to say star with a
green + (plus sign) on it

"Ladybug" wrote:

> When you have IE 7 open there is a star on the upper left side a little ways
> down from the top. That's the favorites and to save the favorites you click
> on the icon next to it, it has the start with a gree + on it. Unless I
> misunderstood you, that is how I save favorites on mine. Also when you click
> on the favorites button the top of the drop down has three choices,
> Favorites, feeds and history. Make sure you have favorites clicked.
>
> "KiwiNth" wrote:
>
> > Hi All
> >
> > When I bought my new Dell Dimension 9200 with Vista home installed on it, it
> > also came with I.E.7. My question is this: It appears that the ONLY way one
> > can save "favorites" is to the general "Favorites" folder. You then have to
> > open Windows Explorer and manually move the saved favorites to any folder
> > you've made.
> >
> > Anyone found this problem but me? And if so, has anyone found a solution to
> > it? I wrote MS when i first noticed this about 4 months ago, and received an
> > acknowledgement of receipt and a message saying it would be passed on to the
> > Vista team, but have never heard anything else since.
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can give.
> >
> > KiwiNth
> > --
> > The older I get, the better I was.

No problem. Good description. I enjoyed reading it - and if I had the
slightest idea what 'problem' the OP is having I may have posted my own
ideas too.

--
Jon


"Ladybug" <Ladybug@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Wow I should spell check before I send stuff LOL I meant to say star with
> a
> green + (plus sign) on it
>
> "Ladybug" wrote:
>
>> When you have IE 7 open there is a star on the upper left side a little
>> ways
>> down from the top. That's the favorites and to save the favorites you
>> click
>> on the icon next to it, it has the start with a gree + on it. Unless I
>> misunderstood you, that is how I save favorites on mine. Also when you
>> click
>> on the favorites button the top of the drop down has three choices,
>> Favorites, feeds and history. Make sure you have favorites clicked.
>>
>> "KiwiNth" wrote:
>>
>> > Hi All
>> >
>> > When I bought my new Dell Dimension 9200 with Vista home installed on
>> > it, it
>> > also came with I.E.7. My question is this: It appears that the ONLY way
>> > one
>> > can save "favorites" is to the general "Favorites" folder. You then
>> > have to
>> > open Windows Explorer and manually move the saved favorites to any
>> > folder
>> > you've made.
>> >
>> > Anyone found this problem but me? And if so, has anyone found a
>> > solution to
>> > it? I wrote MS when i first noticed this about 4 months ago, and
>> > received an
>> > acknowledgement of receipt and a message saying it would be passed on
>> > to the
>> > Vista team, but have never heard anything else since.
>> >
>> > Thanks for any help you can give.
>> >
>> > KiwiNth
>> > --
>> > The older I get, the better I was.

Hi KiwiNth,

When you click "Add to Favorites" in IE7, it will add it the main "Favoites" folder as it should. If you want to move a link somewhere else you click "Organize Favorites" and move it where you like inside the "Favorites" folder. If you want ro move it outside of the "Favorites" folder, then simply right click on the link and choose your option from the "Favorites" menu drop down. If you would like to add "Copy To Folder" and "Move To Folder" to the right click options, then see this link:

Context (Shortcuts) Menu

If this is what you meant. If not, please clarify it more please.

Shawn

When I click Tools > Add to Favorites, a dialog box opens asking me to create a
name for the link, a drop down list of existing folders and a button to create a
new folder. No need to go back into Favorites to later organize new links.

--
I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!


"brink" <brink.2uyre3@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> KiwiNth;412685 Wrote:
>> Hi All
>>
>> When I bought my new Dell Dimension 9200 with Vista home installed on
>> it, it
>> also came with I.E.7. My question is this: It appears that the ONLY way
>> one
>> can save "favorites" is to the general "Favorites" folder. You then
>> have to
>> open Windows Explorer and manually move the saved favorites to any
>> folder
>> you've made.
>>
>> Anyone found this problem but me? And if so, has anyone found a
>> solution to
>> it? I wrote MS when i first noticed this about 4 months ago, and
>> received an
>> acknowledgement of receipt and a message saying it would be passed on
>> to the
>> Vista team, but have never heard anything else since.
>>
>> Thanks for any help you can give.
>>
>> KiwiNth
>> --
>> The older I get, the better I was.
>
> Hi KiwiNth,
>
> When you click "Add to Favorites" in IE7, it will add it the main
> "Favoites" folder as it should. If you want to move the link somewhere
> else you click "Organize Favorites" and move it where you like inside
> the "Favorites" folder. If you want ro move it outside of the
> "Favorites" folder, then simply right click on the link and choose your
> option from the "Favorites" menu drop down. If you would like to add
> "Copy To Folder" and "Move To Folder" to the right click options, then
> see this link:
>
> Context (Shortcuts) Menu
>
> If this is what you meant. If not, please clarify it more please.
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> _http://www.vistax64.com/ (\"http://www.vistax64.com/\")_
> *Please post feedback to help others.*

Hi Cal Bear,

Yeah, I typo'd. (haha) I meant if he wanted to change an existing Favorites link to use "Organize Favorites".

Thank You,
Shawn

"Cal Bear '66" <xxx@xxx.org> wrote in message
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> When I click Tools > Add to Favorites, a dialog box opens asking me to
> create a name for the link, a drop down list of existing folders and a
> button to create a new folder. No need to go back into Favorites to later
> organize new links.
>
> --
> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> GO BEARS!
>
>
Don't you mean "Favorites" instead of "Tools"? And by default "tools" and "
favorites" do not show unless you enable them by right clicking in the tool
bar area and checking "menu bar".